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Telecom Lobbying Records

Telecom Lobbying Records

EFF has filed suits against the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice demanding any information about telecommunications companies' efforts to get off the hook for their role in the government's illegal electronic surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans. EFF's suits ask for the immediate disclosure of the agencies' telecom lobbying records including any documents concerning briefings discussions or other contacts officials have had with representatives of telecommunications companies or members of Congress.

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When it comes to Obama transparency, Electronic Frontier Foundation privacy attorney Kurt Opsahl points out that the chief executive told the American public one thing Wednesday night and a federal appeals court another just a few weeks ago...
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In response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by the EFF, the government has now begrudgingly divulged thousands of pages of documents pertaining to the legislation’s development.
We will be poring through them today.
The EFF notes, “The government has said it will continue to try to block the...

“The Executive Branch will be providing to the Electronic Frontier Foundation in its FOIA suit a large number of e-mail communications between House staffers and Executive branch employees regarding the legislation involving immunity to telecommunications companies enacted as part of the [revised Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] legislation last year,” Nathan...